***** Description *****

This replication archive contains all data and code to replicate the figures andresults in "The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government Behavior" by Jonathan Homola.



***** File Overview *****

** R scripts **
Homola_Pledges_Analysis.R -- R script to generate the main results in the manuscript (Table 1, Figure 1).

Homola_Pledges_Appendix.R -- R script to generate the additional tables and figures in the Appendix.

** Data files **
Homola_Pledges.dta -- The main dataset. Necessary to replicate the tables and figures in the manuscript and the Appendix.



***** Additional Information *****

The following R packages were used to produce the results:
1) data.table version 1.12.0
2) foreign version 0.8-70
3) pBrackets version 1.0
4) psych version 1.8.12
5) stargazer version 5.2.2
6) survey version 3.36
7) xtable version 1.8-4



***** References *****

Homola, Jonathan. "The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government Behavior." Legislative Studies Quarterly.